The microbiology collection of extant protozoan protists comprises mainly microscope slides but also small numbers of registered specimens in spirit, embedded in resin (i.e. as transmission electron ...

Whereas the very first microscopic organisms van Leeuwenhoek set eyes on were sweet water protist, the microecology of the oceans remains largely uncharted — a major knowledge gap given its ...

New London, Conn. — A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will support a major effort to synthesize decades of research on protists—microscopic organisms that play a vital role in ...

Scientists say a few simple measures of a protist’s cell size and shape can be powerful predictors of how they might respond to global warming. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Our project will focus on protists: unicellular eukaryotic microbes that are actually quite large — you can see them swimming around under the microscope. Research has been mainly focused on ...